Woman accidentally ploughed her car into families gathering for Eid prayers

Three children and three adults were seriously injured and have been rushed to hospital after a car crashed into a group of people at an Eid event in Newcastle on Sunday morning. 

The vehicle ploughed into crowds who had packed into a college sports pitch that was serving as an overflow car park for Newcastle Central Mosque at 9.14am.

The car involved in the crash is guarded by police at the scene today

Witnesses said the driver, a 42-year-old Muslim woman, had got into her car after Eid prayers when she 'hit the gas not the break' as her car careered out of control through a field full of hundreds of Muslims who had been celebrating the end of Ramadan and accidentally injured six people in the process.

dozens of people running to help after the car crashed into a crowd of people

According to report, wounded victims fled in horror as the car sped around the field outside Westgate Community College before a heroic bystander jumped in and pulled the handbrake.
The woman was arrested and taken into police custody but police said the incident was not terror related. The car was later taken away for investigation.

Bystanders ran across the field in panic as they saw the car 'spinning' through the crowds of 300 to 400 people, which included large numbers of children reports MailOnline.

The woman, who wore bright green traditional robes, had been parked on a grassy verge and went to move off when she lost control.

This is the driver suspected of accidentally injuring six people including three children when her car careered out of control through a field full of people

Witnesses said the first person hit was a 'little boy' as the vehicle span round three times before coming to a halt by a path.